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NOTES ON <strong>THE</strong> MAHABHARATAVyasa: Some Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142The Problem of the Mahabharata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200SECTION FIVEKALIDASAKalidasa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213The Age of Kalidasa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217The Historical Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229On Translating Kalidasa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236Kalidasa's “Seasons” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250I. Its Authenticity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250II. The Substance of the Poem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252III. Its Poetic Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256Vikram and the Nymph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261Kalidasa's Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263I. Pururavas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263II. Urvasie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276III. Minor Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282IV. Apsaras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291Hindu Drama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302Skeleton Notes on the Kumarasambhavam. . . . . . . . . 308A Proposed Work on Kalidasa* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322SECTION SIX<strong>THE</strong> BRAIN <strong>OF</strong> INDIAThe Brain of India. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327SECTION SEVENFROM <strong>THE</strong> “KARMAYOGIN”Karmayoga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343The Process of Evolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347The Greatness of the Individual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352Yoga and Human Evolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357The Stress of the Hidden Spirit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362

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